Cloth-holding device.



J. F. MITCHEM. CLOTH HOLDING DEVICE. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 23 190's. RENEWED JULY 14, 1909.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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JOHN F. MITCI-IEM, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTH-HOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

Application filed June 23, 1908, Serial No. 439,920. Renewed July 14, 1909. Serial No. 507,583.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. MiroHnM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-Holding Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding cloth and particularly to improvements in devices adapted for holding remnants of cloth and also adapted to be rolled with the cloth and to form a mounting therefor which will give to the cloth a tubular or cylindrical form when rolled.

An object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction, comparatively cheap to manufacture and eflicient in use.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure l is a perspective view of my new cl oth-holding device; Fig. 2 is a side or edge view of the same; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the cloth inserted just before rolling and Fig. i is a View showing the device together with the cloth in the operation of being rolled.

The device consists of a web or sheet a of flexible material, preferably reinforced paper, but any other suitable material may be employed Without departing from the spirit of my invention. At one end of the sheet a and close to the edge thereof is fastened, as by pasting, the flap 6. One end of the cloth 0 is inserted between the end of the sheet a and the flap Z). doubled back upon itself so as to lie beneath the web at sheet a (Fig. The cloth and the holder are then rolled together beginning at the end provided with the flap b, as is shown in Fig. at. By suitable clasps or other devices the cloth is prevented from unrolling as is described in my companion application filed concurrently herewith. The web a is light, flexible and sufficiently resilient to maintain the remnant of cloth in the compact form of a roll; and the flap 5 prevents the inner end of the cloth from being moved from its position by handling.

I claim:

A package consisting of a sheet of flexible and resilient material provided with a flap having one of its edges fastened near an end edge of said sheet; and fabric having one of its edges inserted between said flap and an end portion of said sheet and having its body portion doubled back over the loose edge of said flap, which is opposite the fastened edge thereof; said fabric, flap and sheet being rolled and said fabric lying upon the exterior of said sheet.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at New York, N. Y., this twentieth day of June, 1908, in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

JOHN F. MITCHEM.

\Vitnesses 2 EMMA I. hlocan'rnv, JA Mns HAMIL'roN.

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